Got My Flask

[thagirion]

So the Ghost Orchids came in yesterday. An added bonus was the guy used a bunch of stamps the post office didn't stamp. I was able to salvage all of them for reuse. I'm happy because it's like half a book of stamps for free and I always need them. So the flask which is a Snapple bottle was well packaged but all the agar broke up during shipping. There's nothing that can be done about that because of how rough packages are handled. Sucks. I had planned to keep them in the flask for the winter then open to harden off after Valentine's Day or even in Spring. Here is the bottle. Looks really cool even if it's on its side now.



These are young plants. They aren't even a year old as they were set last September. I really don't want to open this yet but I have to.



Here it is under my grow light on my computer desk. It has kicked out two of my pet cactuses I kept in this spot in my room. So I finally found some great growing instructions. The guy I bought from did good except for one stupid thing. He refused to give me any advice and wanted to charge 50 bucks for something that is free. Jerk. Screw him. So I found this paper.
https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/4e9e63f6-2fed-4f69-82be-6069a1db26f9/downloads/1d2j1os4p_380698.pdf?ver=1578756063245

And I don't have any coconut fibers. I ordered some from Amazon but they aren't coming until Wednesday. Now I'm freaking out a bit because this site says contamination can happen if they aren't removed if the agar breaks up. I have everything else but I can't wait for the coco fibers. I will check my local petshop but I know I've never seen that there. I will have to use something else to harden them off. Then I can experiment with different mounts later on.

I'm doing pretty good though I slept funny last night and hurt my shoulder. I can't look to the left or lift my left arm much without it hurting today. Hope that passes soon as there's a lot I need to do. I got my rock sliders (side steps) for my jeep yesterday. The roofers called Chris finally. They told him someone will come out to see how much ceiling work needs to be done. Ok, I don't understand why. The insurance guy months ago came and assessed everything already. He used a laser and made a digital floor plan of our house. Sigh. So annoying. Waste of time really. All these pointless hoops to jump through. The only good thing is it gives me more time to get stuff cleared out so when they finally come to work there won't be a lot of stuff in the way. I put away most of the Christmas stuff yesterday which wasn't much. I'm slowly putting out Valentine's decorations. But again just minimally as I don't want tons of stuff out.
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Comments

[actipton80.livejournal.com]

Eeee! Plant in a bottle! so cute. Mom and I took down the Christmas tree today. That is as big a project as putting it up even though taking it down doesn't take nearly as long. Now we just have to take all the crates back out to the shed. The wreath on the front door might still be up.

[thagirion.livejournal.com]

They are so neat and sciency looking. I've been taking down Christmas stuff too. Other than the shark I'm done.